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EVENTS FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING JUNE 25. Check out the CFR events calendar
at
http://www.cfr.washington.edu/events/ for a complete list of upcoming
seminars,
conferences, lecture, and other public events.

SATURDAY, 25 JUNE-31 DECEMBER ARCTIC WILDLIFE DISPLAY BURKE MUSEUM
"
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land." The
Burke
Museum of Natural History and Culture will host the first complete
Northwest display of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life
and
Land, a photographic exhibit by Subhankar Banerjee, designed and produced
by the California Academy of Sciences.

THURSDAY, 30 JUNE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY LUTHER BURBANK PARK 9 AM-NOON
Upper Luther Burbank Park has the potential to be terrific wildilfe
habitat with a little help from volunteers. Invasive English Ivy is
crawling across the forest floor and up the many old trees at this park,
threatening the health of the entire forest. Mountains to Sound Greenway
volunteers are needed to pull up the weeds to make room for native
groundcovers and shrubs, and protect the taller trees from stress. Sign
up
at http://www.mtsgreenway.org/Volunteer/signup.htm.

THURSDAY, 30 JUNE ENVIRONMENTAL FILM NIGHT CAMP LONG 7-9 PM
"
Ecological Design: Inventing the Future," a documentary illuminating
the
emergence of ecological design in the 20th century with the ideas and
prototypes from trailblazers in the field. Featuring R. Buckminster
Fuller, William McDonough, and Hunter and Amory Lovins. Camp Long is
located at 5200 35th Avenue SW. To register contact Rachel Smith at
206.762.1976 or rsmith@nweec.org or visit http://www.nweec.org

CFR WELCOMES NEW STUDENT HELPERS
The College has two new student helpers in the CFR Financial Services
office to help us during summer, and possibly, beyond! If you are in
the
neighborhood, please stop by Anderson 216 to introduce yourselves to
Christopher McMartin and Diane Lin. Diane will be working in the mornings
8 AM-12 PM and Chris in the afternoons from NOON-4PM. Also welcoome to
Matthew Gnaneswaran (mgwaran@u.washington.edu; 1-2823) who has replaced
Naeem Nulwala as Facilities Assistant. You can submit key requests to
him
in Anderson 5.

CFR AND SCHOOL OF AQUATIC & FISHERY SCIENCES TO SHARE CQS ADMINISTRATION
Effective July 1, 2005, administration of the Center for Quantitative
Science will be transferred to CFR and the School of Aquatic & Fishery
Sciences (SAFS). CFR and SAFS will share administration of the program.
Budgetary support funds will be transferred from the Office of
Undergraduate Education to SAFS for a period of four years starting July
1, 2005. At the end of this term, the budgets will be transferred to
CFR
for a new four year term, etc. Room 091 in MGH will continue to be used
as
TA office space. Authorization for continued use of this space resides
with CASPO. A faculty council comprised of CFR and SAFS faculty who teach
in the CQS program will be created to administer the program, courses
and
TAs. The council will be lead by a CQS Director who will assume the
leadership role. The Director's position will rotate every four years
between CFR and SAFS. An administrative stipend will be paid by the
Director's home department.

ONRC'S BIOTOXIN MONITORING GETS LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FOR CARRYOVER FUNDING
Over the past five years, ONRC has actively participated in the Olympic
Region Harmful Algal Bloom (ORHAB) partnership, studying and measuring
the
presences of the biotoxin domoic acid in Pacific razor clams along the
Washington coast. The periodic toxicity of this popularly harvested
shellfish is an important public health concern and ORHAB's goal is to
assist the WA Statae Department of Health in maximizing safe clam digging
days. Part of the funding for the program comes from a surcharge on
recreational shellfish license fees. During its recent session, the WA
State Legislature enacted a bill permitting these funds to be carried
over from biennium to biennium to ensure a continuous flow of funding.
ONRC
administers the first $150,000 collected annually from the surcharge;
the
funds are used, among other things, to pay for two highly-trained
technicians. "This funding would not have been possible without
the
active support and participation of Senator Jim Hargrove," says
Ellen
Matheny, ONRC's Education and Outreach Director. Check
http://www.onrc.washington.edu/ for ONRC's online newsletter.

BRIDGE FACULTY POSITIONS APPROVED BY PROVOST
Acting Provost David Thorud has approved the College's request for four
"
bridge" tenure track faculty positions. These junior faculty positions,
to be filled in 2006-07, will be recruited into the disciplinary areas
described at http://faculty.washington.edu/bare/bridgefaculty.html. The
bridge positions will be "repaid" using the next four faculty
retirements
from the College and will pay immense dividends to the UW, community
and
CFR stakeholders for many years to come. Coupled with the four faculty
searches presently under way, the new USGS scientist, the new WSU faculty
member, and the second Precision Forestry faculty position, the new bridge
positioins mean that eleven new faculty will join CFR over the next
fifteen months. Says Dean Bruce Bare, "This is a remarkable transformation
of our faculty resource and clearly demonstrates the University's
commitment to our College and our programs. This is a great way to end
the 2004-05 academic year!"

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KUDOS
Kudos to grad student Dan Perrakis of the CFR Fire Lab, who won the
Geraldine K. Lindsay Award for best natural sciences presentation at
the
American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Ashland,
OR
in June 2005. His presentation was based on a project funded by the Joint
Fire Science Program, and his travel to the conference was in part
sponsored by the Dean's Office. The title of his presentation was
"
Prescribed Fire at Crater Lake: Burning, Beetles, and Beyond".
Congratulations, Dan!

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EVENTS FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING JUNE 18. Check out the CFR events calendar
at http://www.cfr.washington.edu/events/ for a complete list of upcoming
seminars, conferences, lecture, and other public events.

CFR GRADUATION HIGHLIGHTS
CFR proudly presented its 2005 graduating class on June 10th in Kane
120. The included 84 BS students, 75 MS/MFR students, and 12 PhD students.
Cassie Phillips, a CFR alumna and Vice President for Sustainable Forestry
at Weyerhaeuser Company, gave the keynote address, focusing on the
importance of lifelong learning. Ann Forest Burns, president of the
CFR Alumni Association, also addressed the graduates. The elected student
speakers did a wonderful job, with Michael Andreu speaking for the
graduate students and Carrie Spradlin for the undergraduates. After
the ceremony, graduates and their families walked down to Anderson
Hall to continue celebrating with cake and punch.

CFR HAS SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISING YEAR
Development Director Tom Mentele says, “Three cheers for the College
of Forest Resources! Thanks to a recent bequest, we have broken last
year’s campaign total. We should finish fiscal year 04-05 at about
$1.93M, making this the best year since FY 01-02. The $1.93M figure does
not include the $250,000 of HECB money we secured, and may not include
the $260,000 of matching money booked for the Lundberg, Friberg, Wott,
and Scott endowments. If these matching funds are indeed not included
in campaign counting totals, then the College really had a banner year
in terms of overall fundraising. Our Volunteers, Visitors, CFRAA members,
and our faculty and staff really made good things happen this year. Planned
Giving, Corporate and Foundation Relations, Annual Giving, Principal
Gifts, the WPPF, and the entire DEVAR team also played key roles in securing
support in a wide variety of areas. Case
in point -- we had a tremendous rally of support to finish CUH and Merrill
Hall. What an incredible team effort! However we still need to bring
our average up in the balance of the campaign to meet our $17.7M goal.
We have some very loyal friends and alumni, so if we play our cards right
we should make it. Thank you supporters and congratulations everybody!

WPPF ANNUAL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
The WPPF’s recent annual meeting was a great success and included
the following highlights: UW President Mark Emmert recognized the strength
and importance of the partnership between the UW, CFR and its paper science
and engineering program, and the WPPF. Cross-campus collaboration and
the talents of students, all nurtured by ideas and innovation, are hallmarks
of the UW and crucial for creating successes for the future. The keynote
speaker was Kathy Buckman Gibson, Chairman of the Board for Buckman Laboratories.
Dean Bruce Bare renewed the incentive match for gifts to the WPPF. Special
recognition was given to: John Logsdon, Senior VP, Harris Group, Tom
Friberg, Project Manager, Weyerhaeuser Company, Liz Crossman, President,
Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation, and Brooke Sande, PSE Senior. A special
tribute was also given to John (Jack) Dunkak, Founder, Director and Past
President, who passed away on April 6, 2005.

MESSAGE FROM CFRIT ABOUT PASSWORDS
Brad Coston reminds us, “About 200 days ago a new policy of expiring
passwords every 180 days was adopted by CFR. Over the last few days I
have received a large number of service calls where the user is unable
to access some network resource and the cause turns out to be their password
is expired. In most cases the user does not log out regularly, and therefore
is not warned of the impending password expiration at login. If you experience
any problems accessing network resources, please try logging out (Start
-> Log Off -or- Start -> Shutdown -> Log Off) and back on and
see if it resolves the problem. CFRIT highly recommends that you log
out of your computer when you are not using it for long periods, especially
when you leave at the end of your work day.”

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KUDOS
Send in those kudos!

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EVENTS FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING JUNE 11. Check out the CFR events calendar
at http://www.cfr.washington.edu/events/ for a complete list of upcoming
seminars,
conferences, lecture, and other public events.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, 11-12 JUNE MTNS-SOUND GREENWAY DAYS
The second annual Greenway Days goes through Sunday June 12, featuring
scavenger hunts, a 52-mile adventure relay, guided hikes, kayak rides,
free hot air balloon rides and more! See list of scheduled events at
http://www.mtsgreenway.org/Projects/discovery.htm. Volunteers are still
needed, if you've got 3-4 hours to spare to help stamp Treasure Trek
passports. Please contact Emi Morgan at 206-812-0122.

SATURDAY, 18 JUNE ARBORETUM PLANT SALE WPA 10 AM-2 PM
A wide variety of plants for summer gardening will be available at the
Arboretum Foundations Summer Solstice Sale, including perennials, natives,
Arboretum-grown plants and more, including plants for containers and
drought-tolerant gardens. Shoppers will also find complete, one-of-a-kind
container gardens crafted by Arboretum volunteers and excellent selections
of the popular Western perennial Lewisia and hardy cistus shrubs.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CFR GRADS!
CFR's graduation celebration was held today, June 10th. See next week's
Straight Grain for a recap of events.

CFR WILL MISS MASON MCKINLEY
Mason McKinley, CFR alum and staff member (eight years at Pack Forest)
has recently accepted employment with The Nature Conservancy in Olympia.
WA. Mason will be working with the Conservancy's Ft. Lewis project,
responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing recovery plans
for prairie, pine, oak, and wetland ecosystems on Ft. Lewis and McCord
bases. Mason says, "I look forward to expanding my knowledge of
natural
resources and working with a well established and respected program.
It
has not been an easy decision to leave Pack after eight years of managing the forest. I have gained many treasured memories and valuable
experiences. My family and I have decided to move primarily to enhance
educational opportunities for our soon-to-be first grade daughter. I
foresee opportunities to interact with many of you in my new career,
and
hope we will be able to keep in contact. Duane Emmons will be assuming
my
role at Pack Forest. Contact him at emmons@cfr.washington.edu.
Also feel free to contact me at my new office; the Olympia TNC office
phone number
is 360.357.6280." The College wishes Mason well in his new employment!

AND CFR WELCOMES CHUCK GROVE!
Chuck Grove is a new member of the CFR IT team on a six month assignment
For now he will have office space in Bloedel 158. You can contact him
at
6-5414 and cgrove@u.washington.edu.
Chuck will be taking over Shane Krause's daily pc duties so that Shane
and Brad can concentrate on some
larger projects.

NEW UMBRELLA NAME FOR CUH/WPA/UBNA IS OUTCOME OF STRATEGIC PLANNING
Under the direction of CUH/WPA Director David Mabberley, faculty, staff,
and students affiliated with CUH and WPA met in April to propose a vision
statement, a mission statement, and a collective name for the organization
and its constituent parts, including the Center, the Miller Library,
the
Arboretum, and the Union Bay Natural Area, as a unit within CFR. Also
attending the meeting was Associate Dean Steve West. On June 8th, the
Vice
Provost for Research approved the new name, "UW Botanic Gardens." Unanimously
agreed upon at the planning session, "UW
Botanic Gardens (UWBG)" not only has a resonance with the original
wording of the Arboretum and Botanical Garden Committee (ABGC), which
oversees the work
of the WPA, but also brings the UW in line with other major institutions
with similar internationally significant plant research programs and
plant
collections. The new name facilitates enhanced organizational structure
for internal management, as well as conveying a clear message and sense
of
identity to the many external stakeholders. CUH, WPA, Miller Library,
and
UBNA retain their existing identity under the new unit. The UWBG vision
statement is: "As an international hub for plant science, information,
teaching, and stewardship, we will promote an educated, inspired, and
engaged society, dedicated to sustainable ecosystem management";
the UWBG
mission statement is "Sustaining managed to natural ecosystems and
the
human spirit through plant research, display, and education." This
strategic framework complements and enhances CFR's strategic themes
centering around natural resources and environmental sustainaibility.

CINTRAFOR WILL SPONSOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHINA
CINTRAFOR Director
Ivan Eastin reports that the center has agreed to
co-sponsor a major international conference focused on China and its
impact on international wood markets. CINTRAFOR will be co-sponsoring
this
conference along with Forintek Canada, RISI, and the Forest Products
Society. The conference will be held in Vancouver, BC on January 18-20,
2006. Says Ivan, "Given our strong participation in this major conference,
CINTRAFOR will not be hosting the International Forest Products Marketing
Conference this fall. I strongly encourage all who attend the CINTRAFOR
conferences, as well as those with an interest in China's impact on global
wood markets, to plan on attending the Vancouver conference next year."

ARTICLE IN CONSERVATION IN PRACTICE FEATURES CFR BIOENERGY RESEARCH
CFR's newly-graduted Michael Andreu ('05) and Professor Kristiina Vogt
are
featured in the April-June 2005 Issue of Conservation in Practice. The
article, entitled "Fueling Restoration: "A new system links
ecological
research to the hydrogen economy," describes the work being of CFR's
multidisciplinary "forest systems and bioenergy graduate interest
area,
http://www.cfr.washington.edu/Acad/grad/FSB.asp.
The researchers are looking at integrating small-scale, mobile, wood
biomass chemical
conversion to liquid fuel systems with emerging technologies in the
renewable-energy sector (hydrogen fuel cells). For the Conservation in
Practice website, see http://www.conbio.org/CIP/.
Online access to articles is available by subscription.

GARDENERS VOLUNTEER AT THE ARBORETUM
About 200 volunteers removed invasive plants, mulched garden beds, and
restored trails in the Washington Park Arboretum last month in a daylong
event involving the Student Conservation Association. The association's
Conservation Leadership Corps for high school students, which in Seattle
involves students attending West Seattle, Ballard, Garfield, or Franklin
high schools, worked with the UW and City of Seattle on the event.

UPDATE ON CFR FACULTY SEARCHES
Presently, four active faculty searches are underway. Each of these
positions may be reviewed at: http://www.washington.edu/admin/eoo/ads/.
The four positions focus on: remote sensing and biospatial analysis,
plant
sciences, natural products chemistry, and director of the Center for
Sustainable Forestry at Pack Forest. Three of the positions are
tenure-track and one is WOT. The positions are expected to be filled
in
Autumn 2006. Also in Autumn Quarter, a search will be initiated for a
second tenure-track faculty position supported on Precision Forestry
Cooperative funds. This position will complement one of the four position
searches (remote sensing and biospatial analysis) presently underway.
In
addition, by Autumn Auarter Dr. Christian Torgerson (quantitative
landscape ecology) will relocate to the UW from Corvallis to assume his
USGS position in the College. And, pending the outcome of the recent
faculty vote and finalization of a MOU between the UW and WSU, Dr. Dean
Glawe from the WSU Department of Plant Pathology will also join CFR.
Four
additional entry-level tenure track positions have been requested from
the
Provost in the form of "bridge" positions to be "repaid" from
future
faculty retirements. A brief description of these four positions may
be
reviewed at: http://faculty.washington.edu/bare/bridgefaculty.html.

OPPORTUNITIES AT HYDE HERBARIUM
Sarah Reichard reminds those doing plant-related field work or who have
graduate students doing such field work about the resources available
at
the Hyde Herbarium, http://depts.washington.edu/hydeherb/. Says Sarah, "It
is an excellent idea to collect voucher specimens of the plants you
observe or work with. This will allow you to document the accuracy of
your
work. The Hyde Herbarium has presses you can check out and the resulting
specimens you produce (we can help you with that too) can be stored in
our
climate controlled collection space. Also, Wendy Descamp can help students
improve their keying skills while identifying plants from their research.
If a student is having trouble working through Hitchcock and Cronquist's
keys, Wendy will set them up with a microscope and keys, then work with
them to move through the key. For questions,contact Wendy at wdescamp@u.washington.edu or me at reichard@u.washington.edu.

Kudos to the Student and Academic Services team -- Jeff Aken,Debra
Salas-Haynes, and Michelle Trudeau -- for the hard work and effort to
make
the CFR graduation celebration run smoothly, resulting in a memorable
event for our graduating students, their friends and families, and
the
College community.

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EVENTS FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING JUNE 4. Check out the CFR events calendar
at http://www.cfr.washington.edu/events/ for a complete list of upcoming
seminars, conferences, lecture, and other public events.

SATURDAY, 4 JUNE JOHN WOTT CELEBRATION WPA,GRAHAM VISITORS CTR 2-5 PM
"Planting
the Future while Celebrating the Past: A Celebration of John
Wott's Directorship of the Washington Park Arboretum." Note that
optional
giving opportunities in honor of John include: Supporting students engaged
in research and learning experiences in plant collections and curation
at
WPA (a new Wott endowment) and the Arboretum General or the Arboretum
Tree
Fund. For information contact Development Director Tom Mentele, tmentele@u.washington.edu.

MONDAY, 6 JUNE RESEARCH TRAINING SESSION ANDERSON 22 9-9:30 AM
The Office of Research Information Services (ORIS) presents the first
of
two half hour training sessions for the newly launched eApprovals for
Grants & Contracts. See also June 9.

CFR RECOGNITION EVENT
The 4th Annual CFR Recognition Event was held on Friday, June 3.
Festivities included awards, a dessert contest, a wine tasting, and the
famous CFR silent auction, with proceeds to benefit the College of
Forest
Resources Scholarship Fund. (If you missed the event and the auction
and
still want to contribute, contact Director of Development Tom Mentele,
tmentele@u.washington.edu).
Fabulous auction items included: dance lessons to help you survive the
summer wedding party season; a selection of
important ecological texts, including a valuable autographed edition
by an
important and well-known author; a day cruise on a 37' yacht; a collection
of dahlia tubers, planted in your yard, several wine tasting events and
tours; and color posters designed by CWWS' Dan Ribeiro. Staff awards
included: administrative staff award, Sue Nicol, outreach staff award,
Megan O'Shea. Two research staff awards were given,the first, by
nomination, went to Kevin Zobrist, and the second, for most new research
dollars, went to Hans-Erik Andersen. Finalists for faculty awards were:
teaching, Bob Gara; research, Charlie Halpern; and service, Bruce Lippke.
Mitchell Almaguer-Bay and Bob Gitzen were awarded the student TA and
student RA awards, respectively. Student Community participation awards
were given to graduate student symposium particpants who had the most
popular streaming videos -- Amy Ramsey, Garret Liles, and to Adam Mouton
for coordinating the streaming video production. (In case you haven't
checked them out, 21 presentations from the Graduate Student Symposium
are
available at http://www.cfr.washington.edu/cfrgss/gss_streaming.htm.
An
Undergraduate Library Research honorable mention went to Amy Miller and
the Richard D. Taber Most Outstanding Senior in Wildlife Science Award
went to Carrie Spradlin. Dean's exemplary awards went to John Wott,
faculty; John Calhoun, staff; and Mark Swanson, student. Sandra Hines,
of
UW News and Information presented the media award to Dave Peterson. The
wine tasting, hosted by Bruce Lippke and Steve West was still going strong
at 5:30!

DENMAN FORESTRY ISSUE SERIES A SUCCESS
A crowed of nearly 50 attended the Denman Forestry Issues Series on
Thursday, June 2nd to hear speakers discuss "The Changing Northwest
Forest: Keeping the landscape green." See agenda and list of speakers
at
http://www.cfr.washington.edu/Outreach/Denman/denmanspr05.htm

GIFT FUND GIVES HELPS GRADUATE STUDENTS ATTEND CONFERENCES
Dan Perrakis, PhD student in forest ecology, and Mihyun Seol, PhD student
in sustainable resource management, recently received Dean's Office
discretionary gift funding to help pay for expenses incurred in attending
conferences. Dan will give a talk at the American Association for the
Advancement of Science meeting on June 14th, in Ashland, OR; he will
be
presenting in a Symposium on Resource Preservation and Research at Crater
Lake National Park. Mihyun will be presenting a poster at the 59th
International Forest Products Society International Convention, June
19-22, in Quebec, Canada.

CFR STAFF PRESENT REPORT AT FORKS, WA
Larry Mason and John Calhoun presented a recently finished report entitled "
Options for Cedar Mill Waste Utilization and Disposal In Western Clallam
and Jefferson Counties" (Mason, Calhoun, and Lippke) to government
officials and the public at City Hall in Forks. Report findings conclude
that Forks is uniquely positioned, because of its remoteness and
inexpensive access to abundant shingle and sawmill waste (hog fuel),
to be
a priority site for development of a biomass-to-energy project to offset
fossil fuel use and reduce green house emissions. See report at http://www.ruraltech.org/pubs/working/cedar_mill/cedar_mill.pdf.

HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF URBAN FORESTRY OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
Kathy Wolf reports on recent outreach activities in her research on the
human dimensions of urban forestry. This research program is funded
by
grants, largely from the USDA Forest Service and is concerned with public
values and perceptions of urban trees and natural systems, with
implications for natural resource policy, planning, and management.
Research focus areas in the past year have been trees and consumer
environments in small towns, youth benefits from urban nature work/
service, and trees and safety risk in urban transportation corridors.
The
contracts include an obligation to do extensive outreach and technology
transfer. See http://www.cfr.washington.edu/research.envmind/. Thomson
ISI
chose the website for inclusion in Current Web Contents
(http://www.isinet.com/products/cap/ccc/cwc/), a value-added section
of
Current Contents Connect; the site is also featured as one of the UW's
Cool Links at http://www.washington.edu/research/atuw/cool_links.html.
The
research has produced a number of fact sheets all downloadable as PDF
files from the website. Titles added this year include: Trees in Small
City Business Districts: Comparing Resident and Visitor Response - Fact
Sheet 16 (pdf 160 K); Trees on Main Street: Influences on Retail and
Shopping Behavior - Fact Sheet 17 (pdf 104 K); Trees in Urban
Streetscapes: Research on Traffic Safety and Crash Risk- Fact Sheet 18
(pdf 120K).

NEWS FROM THE WIND RIVER CANOPY CRANE
Annie Hamilton reports, "The Canopy Crane facility has been the
focus for
many educational visits so far this spring. A few notables included an
LTER scientist delegation from Korea. What a great visit they had --
regardless of the rain storm we experienced! Another visit was from the
ICAN group out of Olympia; their special guest was Dr. Christoph Leuschner
from Germany. A new project at Wind River this spring was with an
educational outreach program linking high school students with the
National Science Foundation GK-12 Rural Science Education Program (RSEP)
at Oregon State University, an attempt to enrich high school science
curricula. The project focused on canopy endophytes. During the site
visit they used HOBO H8 data loggers to collect microclimate data to
help
determine patterns of canopy endophytes. It was very exciting for us
to
host a youth science class with a 'hands on' variation to the educational
experience. A reminder that the WRCCRF annual Research and Related
Activities Workshop will be held on July 15th, 2005. Please attend and
help us christen the Research Interaction Center! See our web site for
more details at http://depts.washington.edu/wrccrf."

EFC HAS NEW OFFICERS
The College's Elected Faculty Council met on June 2nd and elected officers
and an alternate for the upcoming academic year. A quorum of three
members was present. All votes were unanimous in favor. The new officers
are: Chair, Jay Johnson; Vice-Chair, Frank Greulich; and members, Dorothy
Paun, Sarah Reichard, and Dan Vogt. Sharon Doty was selected as an
alternate by draw, and the choice was voted on by the Council. She will
attend meetings and vote whenever anther member is absent. The incoming
EFC will be effective September 16, 2005, so the current EFC will remain
active through the summer for emergency issues that may arise.

Kudos to ESRM undergraduate Amy Miller who won an Honorable Mention
in the
Library Research Award for Undergraduates for her paper "Factors
influencing height to diameter ratios in understory Douglas-fir
(Pseudotsuga menziesii) of Ft. Lewis, Washington: growth patterns,
morphology, and response to release." The award is $100.00 and a
certificate.

Kudos to EHUF undergraduate Rizanino (Riz) Reyes, currently spending
an
undergraduate year abroad studying in Sichuan, China, who has been named
a
UW Mary Gates Scholar. Riz has been doing an independant study of the
flora of Sichuan. He has had several expeditions, including one with
CFR
alum and Heronswood Nursery co-founder Dan Hinkley soon after he arrived
in China last fall. He has collected a number of plants in seed and
cuttings, which he has sent back to CUH and made some very interesting
collections that will probably end up in the Arboretum. He has also been
vouchering collections with herbarium specimens which will soon be
available for study in the Hyde Herbarium.

Kudos to graduate studens Wendy Gibble (BIOL 180) and Katie Barndt (BIOL
220) who were among recent winners of the UW Biology Department's Crary
Prize, given by faculty nomination, to the outstanding TAs/ (Wendy) and
BIOL 220 (Katie).

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For recent articles featuring CFR faculty, staff, students, and alumni,
go to the CFR homepage for "CFR in the News" or use this link:
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